Engagements

United States Association of Prides National Conference (Milwaukee, WI)

“The Power Here Is You: Lessons from Milwaukee’s Grassroots Response to AIDS”

Wisconsin Library Association Annual Conference (Middleton, WI)

“Be the Change, Tell the Story: Empowering Libraries Through LGBTQ+ History Exhibits”

Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Conference (Middleton, WI)

“Out of the Archives, Into the Streets: Queer Public History and the Academic Library’s Role”

IGNYTE 2025* @ the National Center for Civil and Human Rights (Atlanta, GA)

“Blossom and Wilt Exhibit Keynote”

Kenosha Pride* (Kenosha, WI)

“Queer Resilience Is Resistance”

MKE Roots – Marquette University* (Milwaukee, WI)

“Self-Determination of Identity: Creating Spaces for Authentic Self-Expression in Milwaukee’s LGBTQ+ History”

ManpowerGroup Elevate LGBT Business Resource Group* (Milwaukee, WI)

“Legacies of LGBT People in STEM”

Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals Virtual Drive-In and Annual Business Meeting (Virtual)

“Queer Rage: What to Do When the Joy Is not There”

Wisconsin Association of Public Libraries Conference (Oshkosh, WI)

“Forward Together: Leveraging LGBTQ+ History Exhibits to Build Inclusive, Resilient Communities”

Woman’s Club of Wisconsin* (Milwaukee, WI)

“Uncovered: A New England Romance for the Ages”

United States Association of Prides National Conference (Atlanta, GA)

“A Place for History at Pride Festivals” (Goals and Considerations for LGBTQI+ History Exhibitions)

Queery on WORT FM* (Radio – Madison, WI)

“Expanding Horizons – Educating About LGBTQIA+ History“

Pride@Vizient LGBTQ+ Diversity Networking Association* (Virtual)

“Beyond the Rainbow: Hidden Struggles of LGBT People Near and Far”

MBLGTACC @ Northern Michigan University (Marquette, MI)

• “Flyover Country”
• “Queer Rage: What to Do When the Joy Is not There”

Annual oSTEM Conference (Portland, OR)

“The Value of Mentorship for Early Careerists”

Wisconsin LGBT Chamber of Commerce Workplace Alliance Summit (Milwaukee, WI)

“History Is in the Making” (Goals and Considerations for LGBTQI+ History Exhibitions)

Wisconsin Association of Academic Librarians Online Conference (Virtual)

“History Is in the Making” (Goals and Considerations for LGBTQI+ History Exhibitions)

Johnson Controls JC4e LGBTQ+ Business Resource Group* (Virtual)

“LGBT+ History Is Global”

Midwest Institute for Sexuality and Gender Diversity* (Virtual)

Take the Last Bite podcast: “Midwest: More than Cows, Corn, and Conservatives“

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UW-Milwaukee* (Milwaukee, WI)

“A Place for History at Pride Festivals” (Goals and Considerations for LGBTQI+ History Exhibitions)

Woman’s Club of Wisconsin* (Milwaukee, WI)

“The Power of Resistance: How Lesbian Feminists Fought Homophobia and Chauvinism in Activist Movements”

Wisconsin HFMA 2023 Fall Conference* (Virtual)

“The Value of Mentorship for Early Careerists”

Jewish Museum Milwaukee* (Milwaukee, WI)

“Censor, Cancel, Condemn: On the Front Lines of the Book Ban Wars”

MBLGTACC @ UW-Madison (Madison, WI)

• “Thomas Barrow, Man Out of Time”
• “A Place for History at Pride Festivals” (Goals and Considerations for LGBTQI+ History Exhibitions)

MBLGTACC @ University of Missouri-Kansas City (Kansas City, MO)

“Stand Up to Stand Out in the Job Market”

oSTEM National Conference @ Google, Inc. (New York, NY)

“Stand Up to Stand Out in the Job Market”

MBLGTACC @ University of Iowa (Ames, IA)

• “Lady Gaga Studies: Not Just for Encyclopedia Dramatica”
• “Media Circus of the Grotesque: Rhetoric of Privilege and Violence”

University of Wisconsin System Women’s Studies Consortium @ UW-Madison (Madison, WI)

“I Feel Like a Woman!”

Social Justice Summit @ UW-Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI)

• “Hairspray ‘n Halos”
• “Campus Activism”

Compass Institute & UW System* (Wisconsin Dells, WI)

“Student Voices: Are We Listening?“

MBLGTACC @ Indiana University (Bloomington, IN)

“Lost with a Moral Compass” a.k.a. Every Revolution Needs a Little Treason